Poll: Time to play name that scat!

[etrain16]

Probably just @Stomper roaming around your neck of the woods

 

[Stomper]

Probably just @Stomper roaming around your neck of the woods

Just me and the posse....

 

[ikemay]

Here, ask the expert.

 

[ArtBrownSr]

That second set of poop. What is the length and diameter of an individual piece? It appears the shape of Moose and Caribou up here. How does it compare to Elk? We don't have any of them here.

 

[Flymph]

Elk is like big deer, and we don't have caribou or moose around here. It could even be coyote, depending on the size. I've seen them eat enough berries in town and end up getting the runs like that. Most likely culprit is a bear or a deranged two legged beast.

 

[ArtBrownSr]

A little ways away from the bear poop, some one left a nice pile of chocolate covered raisins too. Yum. Must have been saving them for later.

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Sorry to differ with you but this IS NOT Coyote poop!
They don't put out NUGGETS!

 

[Flymph]

Sorry to differ with you but this IS NOT Coyote poop!
They don't put out NUGGETS!

But you agree it could be a vegan's poop, right?

 

[Jason Brown]

That second set of poop. What is the length and diameter of an individual piece? It appears the shape of Moose and Caribou up here. How does it compare to Elk? We don't have any of them here.

They are about the size of chocolate covered raisins but not nearly as delicious. I have seen clearings up there with many piles in a group and my guess is they are from deer which move through the property regularly.

 

[osprey]

Looks like bear to me. Check for tracks and you may be able to confirm.

 

[Jason Brown]

Looks like bear to me. Check for tracks and you may be able to confirm.

I did attempt to locate tracks nearby but the ground was very dry at the time and I couldn't see any good prints. Probably going to set up one of those motion activated trail cameras to see what wanders by.

 

[osprey]

Could be a Squatch though. Make sure and use a low pixel game cam so you get that low quality grainy video we all expect with recorded Squatch sightings.

 

[Fast Eddie]

Probably is....We used to have coons eating cherries from our cherry tree, it can look like bear scat full of pits and seeds. Not as big as the bear piles, and generally at least somewhat turd like rather than the big pie.

If you assume it's coons and it turns out to be a bear, that could suck for you.

If it is coons, their scat has some nasty parasites and that could suck if your children or animals get into it.